UNRULY IRELAND.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1704, 18 December 1919, Page 4

UNRULY IRELAND.

FREEMAN’S JOURNAL BUPPRESS'ED. ‘ ; By Electric Telegraph,—Copyright ' Australian-New Zealand ' Cable Association, v4f ■LONDON; Deo. 16! . Freeman's Journal Dublin, has bgen'»up--, pressed for -publishing stetemeritir likelyto disa'ffect the police. The type and vital por-. tions of .the plant have been removed. A TERRIBLE PICTURE. ;■ - Australian-New Zeal and Cable Association. Received December 18, 11.10 a.m,'■ • ’ Z v ; LONDON, Dec; 16. The strife in Ireland is reaching its cuiminatirig point. English and American newspapers have sent special oorrespondents there; The gravest violence' would not surprise the 'British public. A feeling : of liorror is raised by the latest manifestotions of Sinn Fein vendetta. The Times’ special correspondent states this is relentlessly- pursued riot merely : against the police‘but anyone judging .or * giving evidence against the Sinn Feiners or , aasiatlng tlie Government. He instances a' woman in Adare County, Limerick, who, because alio milked cows during the strike was dragged from her bed. pulled with a rone along the road, kicked, beaten and , " left for dead. She screamed for assistance 1 at a farmer’s door but none dared to stir. The Sinn Fein has more terror and moral power over the country than the Government. The result is the terrible spectacle of a country on strike against the Government. The police are compelled to iriove in parties of at least throe, and sometimes four or five policemen are doing the beat. Alone, a policeman would not last a night. Hundreds of police barracks have been closed in order to concentrate men for their protection. The reopening of the barracks is urgently demanded by local people for the community’s protection, but this is only possible by the use of soldiers. Major-General Shaw refuses to disperse troops in small parties. Ho lias.,a large anny > so disposed as to deal quickly and drastically with any open outbreak,' with- ‘ out heavy casualties amongst the troops.‘ i " : Irish Unionists appeal for the cessation of repressive measures, specially the prohibition of fairs and markets, but th,e vicious circle operates. Every increase of violence leads Lord French to further display the Government’s strength/ ~ ; r, ; ,f* t- : The Times says the ..Government is dailv '> driven to the use of more force because it cannot get support from the community. It ;5s pushed into sheer absurdities of repression, in order to combat claims which impeach its authority. Every policeman carries his life in his hand; many" are known to be marked by the Secret Violet gang which is trained as a military foroe.dodges footsteps and is waiting, always until it gets its victim alone; when it'shoots froth so close that in many oases the clothing jg singed. The authorities were surprised to-day. by the publication of Freeman’s Journal by the evening newspaper the Telegraph, aa a special edition of the Journal. It is announced that the proprietors are testing the legality of suppression and have appealed to all newspapers to protest against the outrage.